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Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
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12 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 12 Nov 2020

Droughts in Bern and Rouen from the 14th to the beginning of the 18th century derived from documentary evidence

Chantal Camenisch and Melanie Salvisberg

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Droughts derive from a precipitation deficit and belong to the most dangerous natural hazards for human societies. Documentary data of the pre-modern and early modern times contain direct and indirect information on precipitation that allows for the production of reconstructions using historical climatology methods. For this study, two drought indices were created on the basis of documentary data produced in Bern, Switzerland, and Rouen, France, for the period from 1315 to 1715.
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